Websites for Reading and Math Help and Science Learning

Posted by: NJ Kids Contributors - June 05, 2017

Websites That Benefit Children With Learning Disabilities

Pre K - High School

There are hundreds of websites and apps devoted to education, many that integrate visual and interactive learning. Thankfully, technology has made it extremely accessible for children with varying learning disabilities to work with dynamic and adaptive tools that can effectively build on academic progress. Practice drills actually feel like play. Here are several recommended sites that have attracted millions of views. Resource: Educational Resources - www.special-education-degree.net

Websites For Reading Help

Storyline Online
Published by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation,
Storyline Online is an excellent
resource for children with learning
disabilities like dyslexia. This website
records free videos of narrators, and
sometimes well-known actors like Eva
Longoria, reading children’s books
aloud. Students develop their literacy
skills by following along with text as the
literature comes alive.

Into the Book!
A reading comprehension multimedia
resource for elementary students. The
Wisconsin Media Lab created the Into
the Book! website to provide engaging
reading comprehension activities in English
and Spanish. Elementary children
with learning disabilities will benefit
from dissecting books, such as The Wolf
Who Cried Boy and A Pirate’s Life.
Short, 15-minute videos are included to
teach important reading strategies like
visualizing and summarizing.

Reading Rockets
Featured on PBS, is
a David M. Rubenstein Prize-winning
website devoted to providing research based
activities that help struggling
readers. There is an extensive library
of lessons centered on fluency, oral language,
phonemic awareness, reading
comprehension, and other literacy skills.
Children can also incite their passion
for reading with themed booklists, such
“Young Detectives.”

Starfall Pre K - K
Starfall is a free educational website
that teaches basic English reading and
writing skills. Founded in 2002, the
website teaches children how to read
by using games and phonics. Young children
diagnosed with learning disabilities
will load fun activity lessons from letter
recognition to reading full-length books.

Do2Learn
Attracting over 11 million views monthly,
Do2Learn is an unparalleled special
needs resource website started in 1996
through a NIH Small Business Innovation
Research grant. Learning disabled
youth access thousands of free elementary-
level worksheets for literacy, math,
visual discrimination, behavior management,
and more. There are also printable
picture cards to promote functional
communication in children with Autism.
For older students, JobTips helps with
finding, getting and keeping a job.

Websites For Science Learning

The Exploratorium
Children with learning disabilities and a
knack for science will enjoy The Exploratorium,
a website that brings the
San Francisco museum to your desktop.
Youth can scroll through 55 pages of
educational videos to illustrate key
topics like climate change, electricity,
and human anatomy. Also download
the Total Solar Eclipse app to prepare
for the upcoming astronomical